About

Hey there!
I'm Joke Duwaerts, a 2D animator currently based in Mechelen, Belgium. Online, I often go under the nickname Jomocho. I graduated from LUCA School of Arts, Genk in 2022 with my thesis film Sem. I worked as an animator on Valemon: The Polar Bear Prince and two shortfilms Miss Winters and The Wind and Lilith.
If I'm not animating, I might be storyboarding or painting. And if I'm not doing that either, I'm probably playing around with my 3D printer (or just being lazy on the couch :P).

Previous experiences:

2024-2025: Animator on Lilith, a shortfilm produced by Vivi Film.
2023-2024: Mid Level animator on Valemon: The Polar Bear Prince
2023: Junior animator on Miss Winters and the Wind
2022-2023: Junior designer of the Valemon team, working on modelsheets, actions sheets and expression sheets from rough designs by the character artist
2021-2022: Created my thesis film Sem, which has been screened at Animatfest Zagreb, Anima, KortFilm Festival Leuven and more

Education:

2021-2022: Master in AnimationFilm at Luca School of Arts, Genk
2019-2021: Bachelor in AnimationFilm at Luca School of Arts, Genk